TOP PHOTOS: Jan. 22, 2014

Here are the top pictures of the day from the Associated Press.

A pedestrian passes through City Hall Park and the Municipal Building, center, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in New York. The Northeast struggled to dig out of a winter storm Wednesday that swirled up the coast, disrupting government work in Washington and leaving behind bitter cold that sapped fuel supplies. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The sun illuminates windblown snow as a man walks under elevated train tracks, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Philadelphia. A winter storm stretched from Kentucky to New England and hit hardest along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor between Philadelphia and Boston. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Workers shovel snow near a tent which will be used as an access point into Super Bowl XLVIII as crews prepare MetLife Stadium during a snow storm, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. The NFL football title game, held Feb. 2, will be the first Super Bowl held outdoors in a city where it snows. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Grigor Dimitrov, of Bulgaria, during their quarterfinal at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Father John Calgaro, of Cristo Rey Catholic Church, left, Antolin Aguirre, Homero Rivera, and Sofia Alfaro, left to right, pray together for Mexican national Edgar Tamayo in front of the State Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Tamayo was scheduled to be executed for the January 1994 slaying of Houston Police Officer Guy Gaddis. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, MAGS OUT; NO SALES; INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM.

A police officer aims his shotgun during clashes with protesters in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. City health officials and police said that two people died of gunshot wounds during the clashes Wednesday morning. But the opposition charges that as many as five people have died. The mass protests in the capital of Kiev erupted after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych spurned a pact with the European Union in favor of close ties with Russia, which offered him a $15 billion bailout. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Protesters throw rocks at police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. City health officials and police said that two people died of gunshot wounds during the clashes Wednesday morning. But the opposition charges that as many as five people have died. The mass protests in the capital of Kiev erupted after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych spurned a pact with the European Union in favor of close ties with Russia, which offered him a $15 billion bailout. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Protesters clash with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Three people have died in clashes between protesters and police in the Ukrainian capital Wednesday, according to medics on site, in a development that will likely escalate Ukraine's two month-long political crisis. The mass protests in the capital of Kiev erupted after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych spurned a pact with the European Union in favor of close ties with Russia, which offered him a $15 billion bailout. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

An Orthodox priest prays in front of police officers as they block a street after clashes in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. City health officials and police said that two people died of gunshot wounds during the clashes Wednesday morning. But the opposition charges that as many as five people have died. The mass protests in the capital of Kiev erupted after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych spurned a pact with the European Union in favor of close ties with Russia, which offered him a $15 billion bailout. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Tyres burn in the street, set alight by protesters in clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Police in UkraineÌs capital on Wednesday tore down protester barricades and chased demonstrators away from the site of violent clashes, hours after two protesters died after being shot, the first violent deaths in protests that are likely to drastically escalate the political crisis that has gripped Ukraine since late November. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Anti-Balaka Christians loot the Muslim market in the PK13 district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Hundreds of Anti-Balakas, helped by women and children, went on a rampage, burning and looting shops. Thirty civilian Muslims, trapped inside their home, were later in the day rescued by French forces assisted by Rwandan African Union peacekeepers. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Muslims trapped in their homes wait to be rescued, as Anti-Balaka Christian youth loot the Muslim market in the PK13 district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday Jan. 22, 2014. Hundreds of Anti-Balakas, helped by women and children, went on a rampage, burning and looting shops. Thirty civilian Muslims, trapped inside their home, were later rescued by French forces assisted by Rwandan African Union peacekeepers. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

A child runs by a burning house as Anti-Balaka Christan youth loot the Muslim market in the PK13 district of Bangui, Central African Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Hundreds of Anti-Balakas, helped by women and children, went on a rampage, burning and looting shops. Thirty civilian muslims, trapped inside their home, were later rescued by French forces assisted by Rwandan African Union peacekeepers. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

An African migrant covers his mouth with tape during a protest in front of the U.S. embassy demanding asylum and work rights from the Israeli government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. About 60,000 African migrants, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, have trekked through Egypt and other Muslim countries to reach Israel in recent years. Some are fleeing violence or oppression in their home countries while others are seeking better economic opportunities in Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

African migrants cover their mouths with tape during a protest in front of the U.S. embassy demanding asylum and work rights from the Israeli government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. About 60,000 African migrants, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, have trekked through Egypt and other Muslim countries to reach Israel in recent years. Some are fleeing violence or oppression in their home countries while others are seeking better economic opportunities in Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)